What a wonderful night. Thank you everyone for your kindness.

Here’s what I’ve been up to so far this year… . Married my dearest friend Changed my last name (call me Erica Olsen or Erica Firment, just don’t call me late to dinner) Spent the first two weeks of married life sharing the flu Drove down the California coast in…

In less than a week, 118 of our friends and relatives will stop by to dance at our wedding. I’m up late picking the music. Any suggestions? I’m battling the forces of Chicken Dance here, people. I could use a hand. What is on your Do Not Play list?

The Thursday night Linden Lab whisky tasting has degraded in the traditional way. I’m surrounded by tipy nerds, discussing the glories of JQuery. One of my co-workers is wearing a shirt that reads “The Age of Consent Tour 1997″. Nerdcore rap blares from the QA office. Life is good.

My mother, the real librarian (not a digital muckety muck thingamajig like me), will be visiting me here in San Francisco next week. Since she will be hanging around with non-Midwesterners, I thought it would be good to provide her with an introduction to west coast language. I know, right?…

In which I write about my evening as though it appeared in a social column: Librarians-turned-Software-Goons Sarah Dilling and Erica Olsen spent the evening discussing religion, the raising of rhetorically skilled children, and workplace mentoring this evening over mojitos at local bistro Luna Park. Rumor has it that the field…

The rice crispy treat I got this morning at the Nervous Dog coffeeshop The Far Side comic on the wall of the Nervous Dog Chuck, who rode his motorcycle this morning and gave me a lift Erin, who told us where to get Hip Work Shirts for Chuck (Nordstrom Rack…

I can’t sort out my head properly, so I’m sorting my books. Plover and I are drinking red wine and water, respectively, and pacing the apartment listening to motown. I’m rearranging my books. I’ve you’ve read Nick Hornsby’s book High Fidelity or seen the movie, you might remember Rob rearranging…